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Constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) consist of a set of variables taking values from some finite domain and a set of local constraints on these variables. The objective is to find an assignment to the variables that maximizes the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Amey Bhangale , Yezhou Zhang

Gravitational field modelling is an important tool for inferring past and present dynamic processes of the Earth. Functions on the sphere such as the gravitational potential are usually expanded in terms of either spherical harmonics or…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Volker Michel , Naomi Schneider

The theory of higher derivative gravity is proposed to solve the non-renormalizable problem in quantum gravity.In this article, We use two numerical methods to fit another static spherically symmetric black hole besides the Schwarzschild…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-09 Jin-Bo He

We study the classical and quantum oscillator in the context of a non-additive (deformed) displacement operator, associated with a position-dependent effective mass, by means of the supersymmetric formalism. From the supersymmetric partner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Bruno G. da Costa , Genilson A. C. da Silva , Ignacio S. Gomez

The aim of this thesis is to investigate quantum entanglement and quantum nonlocality of bipartite finite-dimensional systems (bipartite qudits). Entanglement is one of the most fascinating non-classical features of quantum theory, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-07-09 Christoph Spengler

We are interested in the development of spherically symmetric geometries in $F(T)$ teleparallel gravity which are of physical importance. We first express the general forms for the spherically symmetric frame and the zero curvature, metric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-01 A. A. Coley , A. Landry , R. J. van den Hoogen , D. D. McNutt

This work presents a novel framework for spherical mesh parameterization. An efficient angle-preserving spherical parameterization algorithm is introduced, which is based on dynamic Yamabe flow and the conformal welding method with solid…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-10-23 Saad Nadeem , Zhengyu Su , Wei Zeng , Arie Kaufman , Xianfeng Gu

We revisit the static spherically symmetric solutions of Einstein's General Relativity with a conformally coupled scalar field in arbitrary dimensions. Using a four rank tensor introduced earlier we recast the field equations in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-17 Sourya Ray

We study an optimal partition problem on the sphere, where the cost functional is associated with the fractional $Q$-curvature in terms of the conformal fractional Laplacian on the sphere. By leveraging symmetries, we prove the existence of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-24 Héctor A. Chang-Lara , Juan Carlos Fernández , Alberto Saldaña

This paper is a continuation of our ongoing efforts to solve a number of geometric problems and their extensions by using advanced tools of variational analysis and generalized differentiation. Here we propose and study, from both…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-06-02 Boris Mordukhovich , Nguyen Mau Nam , Juan Salinas

Which nonlocal correlations can be obtained, when a party has access to more than one subsystem? While traditionally nonlocality deals with spacelike separated parties, this question becomes important with quantum technologies that connect…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-04 Moisés Bermejo Morán , Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens , Felix Huber

We consider the problem of recovering an unknown matching between a set of $n$ randomly placed points in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and random perturbations of these points. This can be seen as a model for particle tracking and more generally, entity…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Lucas da Rocha Schwengber , Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira

An efficient algorithm for solving Poisson's equation in two and three spatial dimensions is discussed. The algorithm, which is described in detail, is based on the integral form of Poisson's equation and utilizes spherical coordinates and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Ewald Mueller , Matthias Steinmetz

This paper considers the problem of solving a special quartic-quadratic optimization problem with a single sphere constraint, namely, finding a global and local minimizer of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-05 Haixiang Zhang , Andre Milzarek , Zaiwen Wen , Wotao Yin

We analyze statistical features of the ``optimization landscape'' in a random version of one of the simplest constrained optimization problems of the least-square type: finding the best approximation for the solution of an overcomplete…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-06-08 Yan V. Fyodorov , Rashel Tublin

Consider the following optimization problem: Given $n \times n$ matrices $A$ and $\Lambda$, maximize $\langle A, U\Lambda U^*\rangle$ where $U$ varies over the unitary group $\mathrm{U}(n)$. This problem seeks to approximate $A$ by a matrix…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-08 Oren Mangoubi , Yikai Wu , Satyen Kale , Abhradeep Guha Thakurta , Nisheeth K. Vishnoi

We consider asymptotically Euclidean, initial data sets for Einstein's field equations and solve the localization problem at infinity, also called gluing problem. We achieve optimal gluing and optimal decay, in the sense that we encompass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-01 Bruno Le Floch , Philippe G. LeFloch

In this paper, we consider the sparse least squares regression problem with probabilistic simplex constraint. Due to the probabilistic simplex constraint, one could not apply the L1 regularization to the considered regression model. To find…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Guiyun Xiao , Zheng-Jian Bai

Sphere packing, Hilbert's eighteenth problem, asks for the densest arrangement of congruent spheres in n-dimensional Euclidean space. Although relevant to areas such as cryptography, crystallography, and medical imaging, the problem remains…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Rasul Tutunov , Alexandre Maraval , Antoine Grosnit , Xihan Li , Jun Wang , Haitham Bou-Ammar

This paper investigates numerical methods for solving stochastic linear quadratic (SLQ) optimal control problems governed by stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). Two distinct approaches, the open-loop and closed-loop ones, are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-19 Andreas Prohl , Yanqing Wang